The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-12-08
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H Playing With Tiger.
Hasin charge of q party making
for a railroad line between Nag
Hyderbad, India, and as there
DO: hurry about the work our party
IS much 9: hunting party as survey.
& Ing Ing part We numbered about thirty
people, ten Of whom were white
were travelling along the
9th branch of the Gadavey River
sanesimes upon its bank and again
ssoapla Of miles from the water, some
nlantsaveling. five or six miles day,
md again halting for couple Of days to
orRhoot- ot-When. a most singular in.
dent befell me individually. I had left
S anp at an easly hour in the morning to
While I carried my rifle with me,
mud mo intention of going out of my
sgay TO find game. On the previous
ftsrnoonEI i had observed a capital fishing
In e bend of the river, and it was to
place I hastened as I left camp.
d ssuaas Of the native servants were astir
sSaa SAN me; set out, but I did no. want
Heir ssrviees. It was pretty thick
ss;tingie between the camp and the bend,
hns at tho bend there wasa clear>spot an
saacre ID. extent, with a heavy forest growth
ndsa ledge of rocks for a background.
took q look around before sitting
ssss1 IN the bank to my sport, I re-
liked that was good spot for wild
sssta; but as there Was nothing moving
sWentsright to work with my fishing.
aeSles Catching a frog for bait l flung
sthe hook, and it wasn't five minutes
aforesI was setting with such luck that
houghta ef tigers, snakes and hyenas
:s::ss8asse driven out Of my mind.
had landed half 8 dozen good-sized
lssl and was just then playing with 8
large one, when q slight noise startled
and Ilooked around to see such
tas seldom comes to the eyes of a
sportsman A full. grown tiger was with
ssn re feet of me, playing with one Of
ssshes It was the last fish pulled out,
and il s;dying agonies it was jumping
apout: :on. the grass. Every time it moved
tiger reached out paw in playful
and once or twice he struck hard
s;aeqgh to- move the fish three or four
te4t s-yoaa yyoeaaT was a>badly frightened
naan, and all 4 could do was 70 s1z-l6sre~
With mouth and eyes open. The tiger
had .c.ept down from the bluffs, and why
he shadn' attacked me was a mystery.
EHe went from fish to fish, turning them
oTers with his paw, and time and again
brushing me; with his tail as he moved
shout. MY rife was ten feet away, lean
against s bush, and T might have
been idiot enoughto try to reach it but
:ssfor aRarning MY personal servant had
olloHed me to see what luck I had. He
came into the neighborhood while the
EtigerW PLAYING with the fish, and softly
climbing as tree, he uttered the cali of a
bird to: attract my attention, and then
sung out:
Do nothing to provoke the tiger,
niaster.aHe is hitoweele, and if you
donot cross him he will go awsy."
ssss He$m meant that the spirit of good
native had; been transformed, and it vas
clearly the common sense way to follow
his gadyice. AS the beast gave me no
attention Z turned to the fish tugging at
my line. and landed him. he was of
good aizeS and full Of vitality, and the
tiger waited in q playful way until I re-
moved the hook and threw the fish on
the grass. Then he sprang for it as q
ssskitfenswould for 6 ball of yarn, and he
played with it inthe sane way. It was
slsughable, in spite of the circumstances,
to. witness his actions. he would run
around u, c!fcles, as you nave seen
young cog 90, sometimes almost leaping
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